Apse Buttress Cracks
Seen from the south; both diagonal arms feature cracking, and chunks of stone missing. The purpose of a buttress is to carry and absorb the lateral thrust of the building.
Featured in Washington National Cathedral's new earthquake exhibit, "Though The Earth Be Moved".
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